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On 25/07/2020 21:14, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Sat, 25 Jul 2020 01:22:56 +0100, Stephen wrote:
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>> The image will do. :)
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> I wish I still had it somewhere. :)
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I'm sure that if you give Chris a smile and a curtsy. :)
--
Regards
Stephen
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On Sat, 25 Jul 2020 21:31:54 +0100, Stephen wrote:
> On 25/07/2020 21:14, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Sat, 25 Jul 2020 01:22:56 +0100, Stephen wrote:
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>>> The image will do. :)
>>
>> I wish I still had it somewhere. :)
>>
>>
>>
> I'm sure that if you give Chris a smile and a curtsy. :)
We had actually talked about it years ago - he said he didn't have the
render any more, unfortunately.
I still have a CD somewhere with a bunch of old stuff from OzCIS, but I
don't think I kept anything that was uploaded to file libraries.
--
"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw
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On 25/07/2020 22:57, jr wrote:
> when the server is finally updated, maybe there will be an opportunity to change
> policy, and require a valid email address when registering to post to this site.
> not an unreasonable (or uncommon) requirement.
If we keep the NNTP server after the move (which is likely I think) then
it's possible I will implement something along those lines. I'll mention
however that this doesn't mean the email address has to be displayed
publicly (I don't think any forums do that by default). Those who post
in our forums here with valid email addresses visible are doing so by
choice.
-- Chris
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On 26/07/2020 06:24, Jim Henderson wrote:
> because of some technical product expertise I had, and the sponsored
> account status meant that I didn't pay the by-the-minute charges that
> CompuServe charged.
Compuserve charges were exorbitant over here in AU (about USD $35/hr). I
didn't have an offline reader when I started hanging around GO GRAPHDEV
reading messages and downloading images and for the first few months I
felt like was helping fund their CEO's new Ferrari.
I got OzCis which helped a bit but even then with only a 14.4k modem I
had to be wary of what binaries I downloaded (or uploaded), which is
likely the primary reason I don't have a full archive of all the images
from the early Compuserve days.
-- Chris
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On Sun, 26 Jul 2020 10:42:03 +1000, Chris Cason wrote:
> On 26/07/2020 06:24, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> because of some technical product expertise I had, and the sponsored
>> account status meant that I didn't pay the by-the-minute charges that
>> CompuServe charged.
>
> Compuserve charges were exorbitant over here in AU (about USD $35/hr). I
> didn't have an offline reader when I started hanging around GO GRAPHDEV
> reading messages and downloading images and for the first few months I
> felt like was helping fund their CEO's new Ferrari.
Yeah, I had a CIS account of my own at some point (71321,1461 - I
remember it like it was yesterday), but once I got the sponsored account
(76702,1452 - shown in your listing from the forum), the other one fell
into disuse.
> I got OzCis which helped a bit but even then with only a 14.4k modem I
> had to be wary of what binaries I downloaded (or uploaded), which is
> likely the primary reason I don't have a full archive of all the images
> from the early Compuserve days.
One of the 'perks' of being involved in the forums I was there was that I
got in on some special offers given to CompuServe SysOps - including a
really good price on a 14.4k modem.
I was an OzCis user as well, but when OzWin came out, I didn't switch - I
preferred the text interface, and the Windows interface was too
cumbersome to use (I believe we had a conversation about that once
before. ;) )
--
"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw
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On Sun, 26 Jul 2020 10:25:25 +1000, Chris Cason wrote:
> I'll mention however that this doesn't mean the email address has to be
> displayed publicly (I don't think any forums do that by default).
Web-based forums generally don't have to, but in connecting them to NNTP,
the value for the 'from' address needs to match (generally) so you can
tie the accounts together.
On the web side, it can be hidden, but on the NNTP side, at the very
least, a From: header is required for all posts. But there's no
validation checking unless the server specifically has some code to do
that (which I haven't observed myself - but as innd, for example, is open
source, there's no reason it couldn't be).
--
"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw
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hi,
Chris Cason <del### [at] deletethistoo povrayorg> wrote:
> On 25/07/2020 22:57, jr wrote:
> > when the server is finally updated, ...
>
> If we keep the NNTP server after the move (which is likely I think) then
> it's possible I will implement something along those lines. I'll mention
> however that this doesn't mean the email address has to be displayed
> publicly (I don't think any forums do that by default).
yes, the site(s) will have to comply with Australian (?) data protection law,
one assumes.
> Those who post in our forums here with valid email addresses visible are
> doing so by choice.
I know.
regards, jr.
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On 26.07.2020 02:42, Chris Cason wrote:
> On 26/07/2020 06:24, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> because of some technical product expertise I had, and the sponsored
>> account status meant that I didn't pay the by-the-minute charges that
>> CompuServe charged.
>
> Compuserve charges were exorbitant over here in AU (about USD $35/hr). I
> didn't have an offline reader when I started hanging around GO GRAPHDEV
> reading messages and downloading images and for the first few months I
> felt like was helping fund their CEO's new Ferrari.
>
> I got OzCis which helped a bit but even then with only a 14.4k modem I
> had to be wary of what binaries I downloaded (or uploaded), which is
> likely the primary reason I don't have a full archive of all the images
> from the early Compuserve days.
You might also want to ask Chris Young, maybe he has an archive, too.
IIRC at least on GO POVRAY he would upload full source archives based on
patches we submitted.
As for myself, I do seem to have a full archive of GO POVRAY on my old
PowerMac 7200. But the Compuserve software requires Mac OS 8 or System
7, it seems :-( So I have to see if I can work around that given I had
upgraded that Mac to Mac OS 9, apparently.
Thorsten
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On 25/07/2020 14:43, Thorsten wrote:
> On 25.07.2020 14:57, jr wrote:
>> when the server is finally updated, maybe there will be an opportunity
>> to change
>> policy, and require a valid email address when registering to post to
>> this site.
>> not an unreasonable (or uncommon) requirement.
>
> And still zero understanding of NNTP an your behalf.
>
> *plonk*
Don't you mean?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7IuNfiph90
--
Regards
Stephen
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On Sun, 26 Jul 2020 14:27:02 +0100, Stephen wrote:
> On 25/07/2020 14:43, Thorsten wrote:
>> On 25.07.2020 14:57, jr wrote:
>>> when the server is finally updated, maybe there will be an opportunity
>>> to change policy, and require a valid email address when registering
>>> to post to this site.
>>> not an unreasonable (or uncommon) requirement.
>>
>> And still zero understanding of NNTP an your behalf.
>>
>> *plonk*
>
> Don't you mean? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7IuNfiph90
LOL
--
"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw
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